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Our class is
participating in a National Children's
Election to see who would win the
Presidential Election if the kids were in
charge! This is an online project that
children from all over the United States
will be participating in! See our results
below!
We did a comparison in class between John
Kerry and George Bush, and I had the
children write their opinion of who
they'd vote for and WHY. I now have these
responses posted. Click
HERE to read them!
 
 
We held a mock character debate
in our classroom:
ARTHUR VS. MS. FRIZZLE!
The children
chose the character that they felt would represent a
good President, and then they wrote a debate
speech that depicts why that character would
make a good President. It looks like Arthur
is the favorite!
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of votes |
9 |
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I知 Arthur,
and I知 running for president.
Vote for me and I will help
children with school and cut
taxes because I want to help my
people. For the children I will
cut school charges and I will
let every child get a good
education. I will build more
schools and make our land turn
into the 21 century. Vote for
me because Ms. Frizzle will give
more homework to everyone and
even me because I am a student.
So vote Arthur.
Armaan |
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Hi, I知
Arthur. If you elect me for
president, I will make every
school day shorter! I will also
lower taxes so kids will get
more toys and TVs! I will also
make school have better
education and they will learn
quicker! I will make jobs give
more money! I will give
homeless kids homes! We will do
everything needed to save all
endangered animals and we will
protect all of their habitats!
I will also make little sister
bothering illegal! Only 2 pages
of homework each day all the way
until college! On Fridays,
there will be no school! I will
make moms give ice cream for
dinner. Vote for Me!
Jesse C. |
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Hi my name
is Arthur I hope you will vote
for me. Because Frizzle will
spend money on parks only! She
will give all students five
hundred pages of home work! She
will take away every single toy
or candy and she will throw them
away. I will make 50 percent of
school play time and 25 percent
reading time but study is only
10 percent and the 15 percent
will be free time. I will only
give 5 pages of math and 15
minutes of reading. Vote For
Arthur
Peter |
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Hi. I知
Arthur and I知 running for
president. You should vote for
me because I知 very nice and I
am usually honest too. You also
should vote for me because I知
very smart and I, if I win, will
make new and better books. Ms.
Frizzle would just make more
homework but I will but all
homework AND I値l make weekdays
weekends keeping Saturday and
Sunday weekends. In other
words, there will be no school
and you can sit around and party
all day. Of course, I will keep
work so adults can get money and
spend it on us. I will ban
broccoli and all other
vegetables except for salad.
Choose me for president! It's
the right choice!
Mark |
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Hi my name
is Arthur. Vote for me because
I will lower taxes and
education. I would also make
kids, teens, and adults be
satisfied with everything. I
would also make baseball and
basketball tickets in a lower
price. I won稚 give any
students Homework, social
studies, and writing but only
science and math. I will make
parties in school. When it痴
lunch time I will give the
children get free treats and
snacks. I would make a lot of
theme parks for kids to play,
and no height limits. I will
also make security better for
people to live. That's why you
should vote for me
Hrid |
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Hi! I知
Arthur Vote for me because I値l
throw parties all day. Ms.
Frizzle will cancel all
playing. And I値l cancel all
HOMEWORK! How about that? Ms.
Frizzle is too serious. I知
funnier and more kid like. If
I知 president I値l make more
dominos pizza. I値l cancel
school and let you play all
day. I値l make things cheaper
so all kids can buy stuff like
candy. And on Halloween I値l
make everyone buy at least 2lbs
of candy.
Vote For
Me!
Joyce |
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Hi I知
Arthur and I知 running for
president against Ms. Frizzle
who is president now. If I am
elected for president I will
stop homework, have parties all
day, no more school. If your
parents try to sight you up for
school they will get fired from
their job. If they try to do it
twice they have to be my servant
for 6 months. Ms. Frizzle will
give you more homework because
she is a teacher. She will make
you got to school again, make
you wake up in the morning.
Also if you vote me to get great
things, like everything costs
one dollar. So vote Arthur for
what a kid really wants.
Jason |
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Hi my name
is Ms. Frizzle and I知 running
for president. Don稚 vote for
Arthur because Arthur might make
a law that there is going to be
no school. Also Arthur might
make every day party day. I
will make a law that once a
month is a fun educational field
trip. There is also going to
have a good fun food in the
lunch room. Because my kids
have been wanting better food in
the cafeteria. On the buses I
will put air conditioning. At
home I will cut taxes and in the
environment. I will clean up
the beaches. I will also make
sure there is no pollution any
were else. Vote for me- Ms.
Frizzle.
Jake |
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Hi, my name
is Arthur, and I知 running for
president. You should vote for
me because I won稚 give that
much homework, though you will
have to do a lot of paperwork
when you buy something really
expensive. I will also try my
best to protect the country
against terrorism, science the
U.S.A. has an extremely strong
army.
Now I will
tell you some reasons why you
shouldn稚 vote for Ms. Frizzle.
One reason why you should not
vote for Ms. Frizzle is that
every day, she takes you on some
crazy field trips which some
people may not like, because
some families have other plans
for the day. Another reason why
you shouldn稚 vote for Ms.
Frizzle is that she will most
likely make up dumb laws. So I
hope you vote for me!
Jesse G. |
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I知
Arthur. My opponent should not
be um . . um . . president
because she makes children go to
the weirdest places and I want
too put a end to that. Once she
almost got them stuck in space.
Um . . . My opponent does not
care about her students because
she got them to be as small as
cells before. You should not
vote for Ms. Frizzle because she
will take away cartoons. If you
elect me I will make 200 more
channels for the kids area with
an additional 200,000 new
characters so kids vote for ME!
Arthur
Barry |
Check out
these cool Election links for kids!
The
Democracy Project for Kids
Scholastic Election for Kids
How the President is Elected
 
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